**Building a Gaming PC: Part 2 - Final Assembly and Power On**

The final stages of building our gaming PC are almost complete, and we're ready to power it on. The first step is to mount the power supply to the case. We'll be using the frame that comes with the h440 case, which will slide into the bottom of the bay. To secure the frame to the power supply, we'll need to use four screws. Once the frame is in place, we can plug in the various cables and connectors.

The first cable we need to plug in is the 24-pin ATX motherboard cable. This is usually the largest cable on the board, so it's easy to find. We'll connect this cable to the top left of the board, where the CPU power connector is located. Next, we'll need to connect the PCI power connectors for our graphics card. For this particular GPU, we require two 8-pin connectors, which are fairly common but still a lot of power to handle. We'll connect these opposite ends to the matching area on our power supply.

With all the cables connected, it's time to secure the hard drives to the case. Our case has a hard drive bay where we can mount our drives. We'll find a suitable location for our hard drives and secure them into place with the mounting hardware. For this example, we have both a hard drive and an SSD that need power. We'll use a Molex connector to connect these cables to the power supply.

**Front Panel Connectors**

Before powering on the PC, we need to plug in the front panel connectors. These include the power button, USB ports, audio jacks, and any other switches or LEDs we want to add. The front panel connectors operate the power LEDs, power button itself, and various switches like the reset switch. To connect these, we'll follow the instructions in our motherboard manual, as each board is different. We'll plug them in from the bottom up, starting with the power connector, then moving on to any other switches or LEDs.

**Powering On**

With all the cables connected and the hard drives secured, it's time to power on our PC. We'll find a suitable location for our PSU, which will slide into the bottom of the case bay. Once in place, we can plug in the necessary connectors to power on our PC. With the power button pressed and all cables securely connected, our PC is now ready to boot up.

**Cable Management**

In part three of this series, we'll be doing some much-needed cable management to make our PC look a lot cleaner. We'll reroute everything, making sure that it looks neat and organized. This will not only improve the aesthetics of our PC but also help with airflow and reduce the risk of overheating.

**Adding Some Extra Features**

To take our PC to the next level, we'll be adding some extra features. These may include LED lighting, fans, or other components that enhance the overall performance and appearance of our PC. We'll make sure to document every step of this process, so you can follow along and learn how to do it yourself.

**Benchmarking**

In part three, we'll be doing some benchmarking tests to see how our PC performs in real-world scenarios. This will include running the top games on high settings and testing the performance of our graphics card. We'll also be looking at other aspects of our PC's performance, such as its CPU and RAM capabilities.

**Conclusion**

And that's it for part two of this series - building our gaming PC. We've covered every step of the process, from unboxing the components to powering on our PC for the first time. If you're new to building PCs, we hope this guide has been helpful in showing you how it's done. In part three, we'll be taking our PC to the next level with cable management and some extra features. We'll also be doing some benchmarking tests to see just how powerful our PC really is. Stay tuned for that!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everybody I'm random Frank p and welcome to part two of bringing you guys my new PC build guide part one I'm was showing you guys all the parts are using all the components and this part two is going to be pretty much a build guide on how to build a PC and the steps that we took in order to build my gaming PC uh code Nam Glacier so my good friend Andy he came over helped me out we both built it together unfortunately I don't have footage of him cuz we lost the opener that we shot but that's okay he's a great guy he helped me build this so I'm going to show you guys how we built my gaming PC Glacier all right so let's start to build the PC first off head to the back of your case and start to unscrew the thumb screws which hold the side panels in place remove that for now as it'll open up your case's workspace check for motherboard standoffs some cases have them pre-installed and on my h440 they are here here and here that is what your motherboard will securely sit on inside the case speaking of your motherboard this is a great place to start seeing that it will house pretty much all of your components there are numerous ways you can go about building a PC uh but these are the steps that I like to take and it's pretty much all personal preference take the motherboard out of the anti-static bag and try to only touch the plastic parts on the motherboard as you place it down on something safe like the box that came in now you can begin to assemble your build and I'll let Andy get you started one of the easiest things to do right off the bat is installing your CPU and RAM it's very simple for your CPU carefully take it out of the box and hold it from the sides the pins on the backside are extremely fragile so please be careful locate your CPU socket and lift the retention arm align the arrow on the corner of the CPU with the arrow on the corner of the socket to ensure you're placing it in the right orientation carefully place it down and close the retention arm to lock it in place bam that's it now for ramp depending on your motherboard's layout and how many sticks you have this part can be slightly different as there's an a channel and a b Channel when you're only using two sticks of ram make sure you put them both in the same channel if you want to utilize dual Channel memory increasing your memory bandwidth and memory performance in our case we're using four RAM sticks so they're going to fill up all four slots on the right side of the board pull the clips on the ram slots back and it will allow you to easily insert the ramp press carefully but firmly you don't want to break the sticks but you want to make sure they're in the clip should automatically lock the ram stick into place but just check them in case cuz it doesn't always work that way okay now is where I like to attach the graphics card to the board people may prefer to put the board in the case first and then do the step but I like to have it already on the board in case of obstructions like the hard drive bay interfering with the length of the card depending on your case of course line up the card with the PCI connectors and just like with the ram it should slide right into place easily lower the motherboard into your case now onto all the standoffs but do make sure your a shield is already applied to your case before you mount the motherboard once everything is aligned you can start to screw in the motherboard into the standoffs which will secure it do the same for the screws on the graphics card into the PCI bracket slot now everything everything is safely in place and connected to your motherboard depending on your choice of CPU cooling this is where the build will start to vary in terms of steps we are using the corser h110i GT liquid cooler which has a 240 mm radiator that will go on top of the case with two 140 mm fans we previously applied the radiator and fans before putting in the motherboard due to its large size because screwing it in afterwards wouldn't be possible with the board already in place now it's time for actually applying the cooler to the CPU this cooler had come pre-installed with thermal compound already on it but it was accidentally smudged during the process so just to be safe we took a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol and we use that to fully remove the pace in a safe fashion we then applied our own thermal compound and the application is really up to you you can do like a a grain of rice a pee a line however you want the application is up to you it's your choice and the compound is used to dissipate the heat from the cooler in your CPU so once it's set on the CPU it will all flatten out anyways now again depending on your build whether Intel or AMD you'll have to use a dedicated mounting brackets for the cooling uh we are using AMD so we use the proper brackets to hold the cooler down in place over the CPU to get those cool temperatures now is Andy's favorite part so I'll let him take it from here all right so I know most people hate this part connecting everything to the power supply and motherboard but really it's not that bad so just bear with us we use the modular power supply this time so we did this last to make sure we only used the cables and cords that we needed and plus mounting it is simple afterwards so grab the bundle of cables that were already attached to your case and start from there these connect the front panel buttons of the case like the power button and USB ports and audio they're very handy and easy to find there's USB 3.0 header on the bottom of the board plug that into start then do the same with the smaller USB 2.0 plugs most of these plugs will be easily labeled on the motherboard so you know where everything goes also don't be afraid to consult the motherboard manual for detailed instructions and diagrams it's very helpful and we'll have all the info you need especially if this is your first PC build on the bottom left will be your HD audio connector from your front header again just easily plug it in now for the front panel connectors which again I advise looking into your motherboard manual for directions each board's a little bit different so yeah you might want to consider doing that these operate the power LEDs power button itself power reset switches blah blah blah etc etc whatever is on the front of your panel essentially of your case plug them in from the bottom up so it's easier for you next find your 24 pin ATX motherboard cable and plug that in it's the easiest to find because it's the biggest one you have on the top left of your board will be your CPU power connector almost done now find your PCI power connectors for your graphics card depending on your card the amount of connectors needed will vary but for this 980 Hall of Fame Edition card we need two 8 Pin connectors to power it which is fairly common but still that's a lot of power connect the op opposite ends now to the matching area on your power supply and you're all connected now it's time to mount your power supply to the case the power supply will slide into the bottom of the bay on our case using the frame that comes with the h440 we can secure the frame to the power supply and then Mount the frame to the case with four screws lastly I saved the hard drive installation depending on how many drives you have and where you want to place them I always just find it easiest to have this part as the last piece to the puzzle your case will have hard drive BAS where you can easily Mount the drives locate where you want to actually install them and secure them into place with the mounting hardware I have a hard drive and an SSD so I will need to connect and power them both for power find the long L-shaped looking cable and plug it into both of the drives on the back you will find it's kind of like a small hook at the end it looks like a long L on its side you can connect them to a power supply via a Molex connector which is most likely included with your power supply now for connecting your drives to the motherboard use your SATA connector which looks like a smaller l- shied connector which is right next to your power connector you hook one side of the cable into your hard drive and the other one into the SATA port on your motherboard location of the SATA ports may vary per motherboard uh but mine was hidden behind the graphics card and you should now be ready to power on and use your fully built computer so that's it guys we officially built our gaming PC stay tuned for part three while I'll be doing much needed Cable Management to make the PC look a lot cleaner and I'm also going to add a few things uh to bring the PC to life I think you're really going to like it trust me you won't want to miss out all right guys that is part two of how we built my gaming PC and I hope it informed you hope it helped you out on steps that it takes in order to build a PC it's really not that difficult and don't worry about the insides don't worry about how it looks right now like I said in part three I'm going to be going through completely doing all new cable management rerouting everything making it look a lot cleaner and nicer I also got some things are can to add to it to make it look aesthetically nicer think you guys are going to like it so miss out you going want to see part three and we're also going to be doing some benchmarking in part three uh showing you guys how my PC performs all the top games and all the stuff like that so you're going to want to see that as well so hope you guys like part two if you did give it a thumbs up show your support if you want to see part three also give it a thumbs up hit me up on Twitter at randomfrankp if you have any questions comment down below as well and if you haven't already guys definitely hit subscribe um I hope you guys like these videos you're not going to want to miss the videos we have coming up got some really cool stuff planned so again big thank you to my man Andy for helping me out with this I'm random Frank P guys hope you enjoyed have a good dayhey everybody I'm random Frank p and welcome to part two of bringing you guys my new PC build guide part one I'm was showing you guys all the parts are using all the components and this part two is going to be pretty much a build guide on how to build a PC and the steps that we took in order to build my gaming PC uh code Nam Glacier so my good friend Andy he came over helped me out we both built it together unfortunately I don't have footage of him cuz we lost the opener that we shot but that's okay he's a great guy he helped me build this so I'm going to show you guys how we built my gaming PC Glacier all right so let's start to build the PC first off head to the back of your case and start to unscrew the thumb screws which hold the side panels in place remove that for now as it'll open up your case's workspace check for motherboard standoffs some cases have them pre-installed and on my h440 they are here here and here that is what your motherboard will securely sit on inside the case speaking of your motherboard this is a great place to start seeing that it will house pretty much all of your components there are numerous ways you can go about building a PC uh but these are the steps that I like to take and it's pretty much all personal preference take the motherboard out of the anti-static bag and try to only touch the plastic parts on the motherboard as you place it down on something safe like the box that came in now you can begin to assemble your build and I'll let Andy get you started one of the easiest things to do right off the bat is installing your CPU and RAM it's very simple for your CPU carefully take it out of the box and hold it from the sides the pins on the backside are extremely fragile so please be careful locate your CPU socket and lift the retention arm align the arrow on the corner of the CPU with the arrow on the corner of the socket to ensure you're placing it in the right orientation carefully place it down and close the retention arm to lock it in place bam that's it now for ramp depending on your motherboard's layout and how many sticks you have this part can be slightly different as there's an a channel and a b Channel when you're only using two sticks of ram make sure you put them both in the same channel if you want to utilize dual Channel memory increasing your memory bandwidth and memory performance in our case we're using four RAM sticks so they're going to fill up all four slots on the right side of the board pull the clips on the ram slots back and it will allow you to easily insert the ramp press carefully but firmly you don't want to break the sticks but you want to make sure they're in the clip should automatically lock the ram stick into place but just check them in case cuz it doesn't always work that way okay now is where I like to attach the graphics card to the board people may prefer to put the board in the case first and then do the step but I like to have it already on the board in case of obstructions like the hard drive bay interfering with the length of the card depending on your case of course line up the card with the PCI connectors and just like with the ram it should slide right into place easily lower the motherboard into your case now onto all the standoffs but do make sure your a shield is already applied to your case before you mount the motherboard once everything is aligned you can start to screw in the motherboard into the standoffs which will secure it do the same for the screws on the graphics card into the PCI bracket slot now everything everything is safely in place and connected to your motherboard depending on your choice of CPU cooling this is where the build will start to vary in terms of steps we are using the corser h110i GT liquid cooler which has a 240 mm radiator that will go on top of the case with two 140 mm fans we previously applied the radiator and fans before putting in the motherboard due to its large size because screwing it in afterwards wouldn't be possible with the board already in place now it's time for actually applying the cooler to the CPU this cooler had come pre-installed with thermal compound already on it but it was accidentally smudged during the process so just to be safe we took a cotton ball and rubbing alcohol and we use that to fully remove the pace in a safe fashion we then applied our own thermal compound and the application is really up to you you can do like a a grain of rice a pee a line however you want the application is up to you it's your choice and the compound is used to dissipate the heat from the cooler in your CPU so once it's set on the CPU it will all flatten out anyways now again depending on your build whether Intel or AMD you'll have to use a dedicated mounting brackets for the cooling uh we are using AMD so we use the proper brackets to hold the cooler down in place over the CPU to get those cool temperatures now is Andy's favorite part so I'll let him take it from here all right so I know most people hate this part connecting everything to the power supply and motherboard but really it's not that bad so just bear with us we use the modular power supply this time so we did this last to make sure we only used the cables and cords that we needed and plus mounting it is simple afterwards so grab the bundle of cables that were already attached to your case and start from there these connect the front panel buttons of the case like the power button and USB ports and audio they're very handy and easy to find there's USB 3.0 header on the bottom of the board plug that into start then do the same with the smaller USB 2.0 plugs most of these plugs will be easily labeled on the motherboard so you know where everything goes also don't be afraid to consult the motherboard manual for detailed instructions and diagrams it's very helpful and we'll have all the info you need especially if this is your first PC build on the bottom left will be your HD audio connector from your front header again just easily plug it in now for the front panel connectors which again I advise looking into your motherboard manual for directions each board's a little bit different so yeah you might want to consider doing that these operate the power LEDs power button itself power reset switches blah blah blah etc etc whatever is on the front of your panel essentially of your case plug them in from the bottom up so it's easier for you next find your 24 pin ATX motherboard cable and plug that in it's the easiest to find because it's the biggest one you have on the top left of your board will be your CPU power connector almost done now find your PCI power connectors for your graphics card depending on your card the amount of connectors needed will vary but for this 980 Hall of Fame Edition card we need two 8 Pin connectors to power it which is fairly common but still that's a lot of power connect the op opposite ends now to the matching area on your power supply and you're all connected now it's time to mount your power supply to the case the power supply will slide into the bottom of the bay on our case using the frame that comes with the h440 we can secure the frame to the power supply and then Mount the frame to the case with four screws lastly I saved the hard drive installation depending on how many drives you have and where you want to place them I always just find it easiest to have this part as the last piece to the puzzle your case will have hard drive BAS where you can easily Mount the drives locate where you want to actually install them and secure them into place with the mounting hardware I have a hard drive and an SSD so I will need to connect and power them both for power find the long L-shaped looking cable and plug it into both of the drives on the back you will find it's kind of like a small hook at the end it looks like a long L on its side you can connect them to a power supply via a Molex connector which is most likely included with your power supply now for connecting your drives to the motherboard use your SATA connector which looks like a smaller l- shied connector which is right next to your power connector you hook one side of the cable into your hard drive and the other one into the SATA port on your motherboard location of the SATA ports may vary per motherboard uh but mine was hidden behind the graphics card and you should now be ready to power on and use your fully built computer so that's it guys we officially built our gaming PC stay tuned for part three while I'll be doing much needed Cable Management to make the PC look a lot cleaner and I'm also going to add a few things uh to bring the PC to life I think you're really going to like it trust me you won't want to miss out all right guys that is part two of how we built my gaming PC and I hope it informed you hope it helped you out on steps that it takes in order to build a PC it's really not that difficult and don't worry about the insides don't worry about how it looks right now like I said in part three I'm going to be going through completely doing all new cable management rerouting everything making it look a lot cleaner and nicer I also got some things are can to add to it to make it look aesthetically nicer think you guys are going to like it so miss out you going want to see part three and we're also going to be doing some benchmarking in part three uh showing you guys how my PC performs all the top games and all the stuff like that so you're going to want to see that as well so hope you guys like part two if you did give it a thumbs up show your support if you want to see part three also give it a thumbs up hit me up on Twitter at randomfrankp if you have any questions comment down below as well and if you haven't already guys definitely hit subscribe um I hope you guys like these videos you're not going to want to miss the videos we have coming up got some really cool stuff planned so again big thank you to my man Andy for helping me out with this I'm random Frank P guys hope you enjoyed have a good day\n"